Traveling to Nairobi, Kenya. What vaccines to take & how soon before traveling?

Q: Need to travel to Nairobi shortly. Would like to know the vaccinations required and its cost and how many days prior it needs to be taken?

A: For travel to Kenya, Yellow Fever & Polio Vaccination is mandatory,

Yellow Fever needs to be taken at least 10 days before traveling, and Polio drops should be ideally completed 1 month before coming back to India.

You can contact our central helpline at 08010777722 for more information,
Warm regards

Dr Gupta, MD

TravelSafe Clinics, India

Multiple Ebola cases reported from Mali, CDC director says we are 'nowhere close to being out of the woods'

Released: November 13, 2014

The purpose of this alert is to notify travelers that a few Ebola cases have been reported in Bamako, Mali, and to inform them of actions they can take to reduce their risk of getting the disease.

CDC recommends that travelers to Mali protect themselves by avoiding contact with the blood and body fluids of people who are sick, because of the possibility they may be sick with Ebola. Although a cluster of cases has been reported only in Bamako, travelers to all parts of Mali should be alert for reports of possible further spread within the country.

At a Glance

• Total Cases: 4
• Laboratory-Confirmed Cases: 2
• Total Deaths: 4

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What is the current situation?

As of November 12, 2014, the World Health Organization reported a cluster of Ebola cases in Bamako, Mali (see box for case counts). (An unrelated death from Ebola occurred in Kayes, Mali on October 24, 2014 and no additional cases related to that person have been reported.) The cluster in Bamako is linked to a man who had been in a clinic in Bamako after becoming sick in Guinea. Since that time, a small number of Ebola cases linked to this patient have been reported in Bamako. The Malian government has taken actions to contain further spread. CDC recommends that travelers to Mali protect themselves by avoiding contact with the blood and body fluids of people who are sick and following the other recommendations listed below.

The cases of Ebola in Bamako, Mali, are related to an ongoing Ebola outbreak that has been occurring since March 2014 in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone and is the largest outbreak of Ebola in history.

For more information about the ongoing outbreak in West Africa, visit 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa on the CDC Ebola website.

Source

In an interview with the US netwrok PBS, Dr Thomas Freiden has said that there is a long way to go before Ebola can be labeled as under control,

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